Five Hawaiian men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II were recognized with posthumous Purple Heart medals nearly 80 years after their plane crashed in the final ...

After more than 80 years, Army veteran Willibald Bianchi was properly identified using advanced forensic science. Next May, ...

Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times. The first was awarded to a ...

GARY | World War II Army veteran James Protho spent 63 years fighting to get his military medals, but they came six years too late. On Dec. 17, a package arrived in the mail that contained the ...

Members of the World War II “Ghost Army” received Congress’ highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, at a ceremony on Thursday. The “Ghost Army” earned its name during the Allied advance into ...

WASHINGTON — Eighty years after they used elaborate trickery to deceive enemy armies about the true size and location of American forces, the surviving members of World War II’s Ghost Army soaked up ...

On March 24, 1945, paratrooper George J. Peters of Cranston and his “stick” of 10 other soldiers from the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment were among the first to jump into Germany as part of ...

“We didn’t do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country.” Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II ...

Some 1,100 World War II soldiers who served in the so-called "Ghost Army" received long overdue recognition at the U.S. Capitol. During the war, they belonged to units that specialized in trickery to ...

Ghost Army members John Christman, of Leesburg, N.J., second from left standing, Seymour Nussenbaum, of Monroe Township, N.J, in wheelchair at left, and Bernard ...

Lee Sassi, a World War II Army veteran, receives the French Legion of Honor. (Photo from Army.mil) Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s ...